Is it possible to change the default behaviour of the Move Item to Trash dialog?

MartinFisher

When one deletes an item a dialog pops up enquiring if on really want to Move item to trash. I find such dialogs annoying as they involve yet another click. Is there a way to change this default behaviour? I looked in about:config and could not locate a relevant option.

With grateful thanks, Martin

adamsmith

No it's not. Since it allows you to permanently delete items, an extra confirmation is an important precaution and mirrors similar behavior in all operating systems.

MartinFisher

OK, many thanks for the response!

Martin

dstillman

From the library root, you can press Cmd-Delete (Mac) or Ctrl-Delete (Windows/Linux) to skip the dialog.

From a collection that will switch the action from Remove from Collection to Move to Trash, though still with the dialog.

MartinFisher

Many thanks but I do not see this behaviour on Ubuntu (both del and ctrl-del) bring up the dialog.

aurimas

What version of Zotero/Firefox?

MartinFisher

Zotero 4.0.23.1
Firefox 33.0
Ubuntu 14.10

dstillman

Sorry, Shift-Delete on Windows/Linux. (Used to be Ctrl.)

MartinFisher

That works, many thanks!

earcanal

Thanks, this is really helpful for filtering imported literature searches. My workflow is now

1) import (from Web of Science) which puts everything in a collection
2) drag everything onto a tag (e.g. 'filterme')
3) from library root, Shift+Delete anything not required

Is there an inverse of "drag to tag" so I can remove the 'filterme' tags from surviving items?

adamsmith

you can delete a tag completely by right-clicking it. Does that work for you?

Otherwise, the only current way to batch remove a tag from multiple (but not all) item is to make it a colored tag -- then you can select all items from which you want to delete it and press the number key associated with it.

earcanal

Either of these approaches complete my workflow. Thanks.